Search results for "marketing mix"

Building Brand Equity via Product Quality

2007

Abstract A practical approach is proposed to building brand equity via product quality. It identifies the relevant marketing activities and determines the extent to which these activities contribute to brand equity. Specifically, the proposed brand equity model relates marketing activities to brand equity. This indicates a practical way to assess the importance and adequacy of a company's daily operation in contributing to its brand equity. The importance-efficiency mix further provides management with feasible suggestions on adjusting their marketing activities. Then, based on an importance-efficiency matrix, company resources can be adjusted to enhance brand equity. An empirical study wit…

MARKETING PARADIGM: TRANSITION FROM MC TO IMC

2012

A major change is occurring in marketing in general and also marketing communication (MC) due to the digital revolution and increased sophistication of consumers. In the paper the authors state that because of the prevalence of this marketing trend the systematization aspects of marketing communication integration and new marketing communication methods/approaches in the theoretical level declare about their urgency for better interpretation of marketing communication structure in marketing practice. In the authors’ opinion it is important to respond to this paradigm shift with enhanced integration and correct use of MC in order to maximize marketing efficiency. Integrated marketing communi…

From Marketing Mix to e-Marketing Mix: a literature overview and classification

2009

The marketing mix paradigm, in its famous version of the 4Ps, went all the way through the evolution of marketing theory: from the marketing concept, through relationship marketing, to digital economy, being object of discussion both in academic literature and managerial practice. If it is a fact that the 4Ps marketing mix is a milestone of marketing theory, it is also true that the evolution of business contexts has created, in many fields, the need to review the "controllable factors" which form the marketing mix. The digital business represents the more recent of the business contexts and the one with the greater needs of differentiation of the mix. Throughout this evolutionary process, …

E-Marketing. Analisi dei cambiamenti dai modelli di business al mix operativo

2009

Se il XX secolo ha visto la radio e la televisione come principali strumenti della comunicazione, il XXI secolo sembra rivolgersi a Internet. Le tecnologie digitali consentono più alti livelli di interazione con l'utente grazie a nuove modalità di comunicazione. Le possibilità offerte dai nuovi media hanno determinato mutamenti nel contesto socio-economico che coinvolgono le strategie dell'impresa, istituto centrico dell'operare economico, inserito con vaste funzioni nel contesto sociale. La diffusione capillare di Internet e delle tecnologie digitali ha trasformato non solo le strategie di business ma anche il sistema di relazioni tra imprese e consumatori. Il marketing, nella sua funzione…

Marketing Archetypes: Applying Jungian Psychology to Marketing Research

2016

In the current situation of growing information overload, individuals are gradually becoming less sensitive to traditional marketing communications. For this reason, traditional marketing research models are no longer capable of giving useful insights to management. This calls for new approaches that can grasp the inner meaning of consumer behaviors and evaluate their relevance. To this end, a new multidisciplinary approach is needed to interpret complex behavioral patterns so as to gain deeper and more effective insights into customers and to understand their behavioral patterns. In this paper, following a short introduction to the basic concepts of Jung's analytical psychology and their r…

Marketing and Market Research

2017

In this chapter, the author presents a brief introduction of marketing and market research, and subsequently highlights the contemporary developments that influence current thinking in these areas. By familiarizing marketing academics and practitioners with the state-of-the-art discussions, this chapter aims at improving the knowledge and understanding of marketing and market research, as well as enhancing the rigor of market research applications.

HIGHER EDUCATION MARKETING ABROAD AND IN LATVIA

2012

The changes in higher education funding system has fostered the universities to introduce the tuition fees for studies and the revenue from tuition fees have become one of the main funding sources for higher education organizations. Consequently, the universities have become more active of using in the business world applied marketing techniques and strategies to attract more students. In this article the author examines marketing techniques and strategies used so far by higher education organizations and which are successfully adapted to the higher education industry, as well as author makes suggestions for future research. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.em.17.4.3021

Marketing competition in the 21st century

2010

The Role of Packaging in Positioning an Orange Juice

2007

Abstract This article revises the concept and positioning strategies according to the proposals of different authors. Positioning is related to variables in the marketing mix, and, specifically, to the main subject of this research study—packaging. The theories of different authors with respect to the functions of packaging and its constituent elements are revised and then attention is focused on four of its graphic elements: Color, shape, typography, and image. Within this framework, designer and consumer opinions are presented with the ultimate aim of identifying the associations between different positioning strategies and the different graphic design variables used to define an orange j…

An alternative view of relationship marketing: a framework for ethical analysis

1996

At present, a continuing widespread debate on the moral nature of business is widely recognized. However, it seems that the ethical evaluation of business practices is not very common in the area of relationship marketing. Analyses relationship marketing from the viewpoint of ethical theories. The theories applied are deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and emotivism. Reviews and analyses studies on relationship marketing issues in order to construct a framework for the ethical analysis of relationship marketing principles. Finally presents a framework for ethical analysis in the form of a constructive solution. Includes a model or code of business ethics for relationship marketers. …